232 words come out when you unscramble TUNELESSNESS, starting with TUNELESSNESS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 9, among them SENSELESS, SETNESSES and TENSELESS. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from TUNELESSNESS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 4 with 9, 4 with 8, 21 with 7, 42 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 34 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 11 or 10 letters.
All 21 of the 7-letter words from TUNELESSNESS score 7 points. USELESS, TUNNELS and SUNSETS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 42 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TUNELESSNESS scores 6. LENSES, SUNSET and TUNNEL are everyday picks.
All 54 of the 5-letter words from TUNELESSNESS score 5 points. TEENS, SENSE and STEEL are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words in TUNELESSNESS scores 4. TEEN, LESS and SEEN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of TUNELESSNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with TU · ending in SS · all 12-letter words
TUNELESSNESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TUNELESSNESS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TUNELESSNESS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 178 | 231 | 153 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SETNESSES, UNSENSES, SETNESS, SETULES, UNNESTS, UNSEELS, UNSEENS, UNSENSE, LEESES, LESSES, NEELES, NEESES and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TUNELESSNESS, TENSELESS, SUETES, TENNES, TUSSES, UNSEES, ESNES, NENES, SENES, SENTS, SUETE, SUSES and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LUESES.